As friends and family members glued their eyes to the livestream at a home watch party in Frederick, Gov. Thomas Johnson High School graduate Robert Phillips played the bass drum and competed in a ...

On summer Monday evenings, the lively music of fifes and drums draws in townspeople and tourists alike as the William Diamond Junior Fife and Drum Corps rehearses outdoors near Buckman Tavern. The ...

Every summer, hundreds of college-age musicians spend countless hours — and their own money — pursuing a single goal: the drum corps world championship. Carrying on a tradition that stretches back to ...

At 2 a.m., 44-year-old Bridgette Jorgensen’s day started in Lyndon, Illinois. By 8 a.m., she was unloading color guard flags, wooden rifles, and a full-sized prop bed in a parking lot at Grand Valley ...